Q: Is 72,197,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 72,197,120 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 72,197,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 59 64 80 118 128 160 236 239 256 295 320 472 478 512 590 640 944 956 1,024 1,180 1,195 1,280 1,888 1,912 2,360 2,390 2,560 3,776 3,824 4,720 4,780 5,120 7,552 7,648 9,440 9,560 14,101 15,104 15,296 18,880 19,120 28,202 30,208 30,592 37,760 38,240 56,404 60,416 61,184 70,505 75,520 76,480 112,808 122,368 141,010 151,040 152,960 225,616 244,736 282,020 302,080 305,920 451,232 564,040 611,840 902,464 1,128,080 1,223,680 1,804,928 2,256,160 3,609,856 4,512,320 7,219,712 9,024,640 14,439,424 18,049,280 36,098,560 and 72,197,120, with no remainder.

Since 72,197,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 72,197,120, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).